How, exactly, does one do an adoption during the coronavirus pandemic? It's not something we were thinking much about even a month ago, but suddenly, here we are. President Trump has announced a national emergency due to coronavirus (otherwise known as COVID-19) and...
One of the questions that we're frequently asked is "how do folks manage open adoptions with unstable birthparents?" The birthparents Abrazo serves are usually some of the most strong and courageous people we know, frankly. But it's understandable why people worry...
When it comes to choosing an adoption agency, does size matter? We chose this particular blog title intentionally, of course. Because Abrazo is big on humor, and having been founded in a state made famous for a movie starring Dolly Parton and the late Burt Reynolds,...
"How to Bust an Adoption Scammer" is not a course they teach in grad school. (But if you're going into social work to work in adoption, it probably should be.) Adoption scams can be perpetuated by anyone with an ulterior motive and a lack of ethics. And scams aren't...
There's something extra special about the people who choose open adoption. We're not just talking about the folks who stumble into it not knowing any better. Nor those who use it simply as a means to an end, to get what they want. We're talking about the people who...
This is a story that can only be shared today-- at long last. Any adoption agency is only as good as the clients it serves, and thus, we carry a heavy weight when hearts are broken. It happens here when planned placements don't happen. Yet it also happens when they...
Adoption agencies are fond of saying "there's no such thing as unwanted kids." (We've probably said it, too, somewhere along the way.) The sad truth, though, is that it's not really true. The world is full of unwanted kids. (They're just not healthy newborns anymore.)...
It matters, when the truth comes out. As the Senate hearings about impeachment rage on in Washington, it's easy to think that truth is somehow negotiable. But in adoption, when the truth comes out matters. (It matters a lot.) Everyone who adopts at Abrazo signs an...
In one of the most famous speeches every heard in America, a pastor and father of four said "I have a dream... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of...
A while back, we were talking in birthparent support group about the things birthmoms don't say. Abrazo's birthparent support group is made up of parents who have placed children for adoption anywhere, not just through our agency. Our weekly meetings draw birthmothers...
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